Hudson County honored World War II vets yesterday on the 76th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack.

The surprise attack on the United States naval base by Imperial Japan killed more than 2,400 Americans, damaged 21 ships, and destroyed 188 aircraft. The Dec. 7, 1941 attack became "a date which will live in infamy," and vaulted the U.S. into the war.

Geralyn Wasniewski, the niece of the last living Pearl Harbor survivor from Hudson County, Frank Wasniewski, 97, attended the event, which was held at the foot of Grand Street in Jersey City.

Grandchildren of Robert B. Eakin, a Pearl Harbor survivor who died in 2015 at age 95, tossed a wreath into the Hudson River to commemorate the lives lost during the Pearl Harbor attack.

The annual ceremony was led by the Office of Veterans Affairs and sponsored by Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, who spoke at the event, and the Board of Chosen Freeholders.